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pk10534 t1_j7p6sli wrote

Did anyone else think “don’t look up” was just…not very good? Idk I thought the writing left a lot to be desired and the general vibe of the movie seemed to be “haha society stupid, me smart” in a pat-yourself-on-the-back kind of way.

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corink420 t1_j7pap9k wrote

I think the message they were going for got across in a very blatant but disturbing way. people in power are greedy and will only work for themselves while belittling those who aren’t, and that the advent of social media causes a mob mentality to believe and follow whatever is trending, and behave naively as if the influencers are more credible than somebody who knows and is certified in what they’re talking about. I think the movie did a good job at showing how our modern society would react if something like an extinction level event is revealed, and hopefully world leaders would act like world leaders about it and not like how the president/people in power in the movie reacted

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pk10534 t1_j7pbmr1 wrote

In a sense I agree with you, I guess I just feel like the satire was kind of blunted or damaged by how blatant it was, because it almost felt like it was explaining the joke a little too thoroughly at times.

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bight99 t1_j7q4gv8 wrote

Maybe it’s just my rose colored glasses liking Leo movies but I kinda thought that’s what the point was. Scientists have been shouting climate change from the rooftops for DECADES now - it’s an extremely obvious thing and we already know how it’s going to affect us. But even though it’s so blatant there’s still little change.

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NotoriousPND t1_j7syhjc wrote

I feel this. The very end where he is sitting there talking about how “we really had it all” was pretty ham-fisted.

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Klin24 t1_j7qhv62 wrote

I enjoyed it for it's satirical value. The general >!charging for the snacks at the white house!< was hilarious.

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vaisero t1_j7qd7pm wrote

i really enjoyed it tbh, its probably the one of that list i enjoyed the most.

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codeQueen t1_j7ssiry wrote

I thought it was really good. I could see that scenario playing out in our stupid society.

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ShortNefariousness2 t1_j7zec95 wrote

No. I thought it was really funny, and the blunt way it dealt with the politics was spot on.

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auradidnothingwrong t1_j7pd7mb wrote

Yeah, I never finished that one. To me, it had the same problem that Idiocracy had. It's one note and god damn do they never stop hitting it.

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gordo65 t1_j7r27xk wrote

The bottom line is, it was a comedy that wasn't funny. I think I chuckled 2 or 3 times during the whole thing.

I get that it can be difficult to make a comedy out of a serious issue, but the iron rule of comedy doesn't change with the subject matter:

"A comedy must be funny, or it becomes annoying."

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KellyKellogs t1_j7qsl3f wrote

I thought that, as a satirical parody film, it was shit and most of the jokes didn't land. It was also a bad satire of Trump's Whitehouse and just not very creative.

I think the ending was beautiful but the rest of the film switched constantly between serious drama and bad satire that it kept taking me out of the film.

It's like they made a satire film, realised it wasn't good enough and so added a whole bunch of dramatic scenes to try and improve it.

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